In the third year of Yifeng in the Tang Dynasty, Tubo, which had been recuperating for nearly ten years, once again invaded. The famous general Gar Qinling led an army of 300,000, and launched a crazy attack on Tuyuhun. Originally, under normal conditions, the Tubo army was built on the border of Tuyuhun.
Tang Xiujing, who was defending the city, was unable to defeat the enemy, but he was able to withstand it for a while. However, he did not expect that another major event would happen at this time.
Almost at the same time that Tubo was raising its troops, Ashide Wenfu and Ashina of the Tibetan tribe, who were serving in the Shanyu Protectorate, suddenly led their troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and established Ashina as Khan, and the twenty-four states were
The Turkic chiefs responded, gathering hundreds of thousands of people, and the world was shaken.
After receiving the news of the Turks' rebellion, the imperial court was furious and immediately ordered the Chan Yu Dadu Governor Shi Xiao Siye, generals Hua Dazhi, Li Jingjia and others to conduct a conquest. However, they were quickly defeated by the Turks. After hearing the news, Emperor Gaozong was furious and ordered Xiao Siye to be conquered.
He was sent to Guizhou and ordered General Cao Huaishun to lead his troops to Hengzhou to guard Jingxing, and Cui Xian to Jiangzhou to guard Longmen in preparation for the Turks.
Today, hundreds of thousands of Turkic tribes have rebelled. Due to the characteristics of the nomadic people, they suddenly have nearly a hundred thousand cavalry to plunder the various places under the original Shanyu Protectorate. The most eye-catching thing is,
The newly established Turkic Khanate led its elite cavalry southward, conquering Shengzhou, Huaiyuan and other places in an attempt to cut off the return path of the garrison in the four towns of Anxi. At the same time, it cut off the dangerous supply route from Chang'an to the four towns of Anxi, leaving the garrison in Anxi isolated.
Under such a situation, anyone with any brains can see that the reason why the Turks dare to rebel is that they must have established a military alliance with Tubo, and the first step for them to cooperate with each other is to eat Tuyuhun and the four towns of Anxi!
Therefore, after a secret discussion between Empress Wu and her advisers, they decided to appoint Shi Tang Xiujing, the governor of the Anxi Protectorate, as the governor of Liangzhou, and ordered him to lead the Anxi Protectorate's army to aid Liangzhou. At the same time, he accepted Liu Rengui's proposal.
Recommended by Zhongshu Ling, Zhao Guogong Li Jingxuan was appointed as the general manager of the Taohe River, and also as the governor of the town, and the governor of Shanzhou. Liu Shenli, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Xiaojie, the Sima of the Anxi Protectorate, were the deputy managers, leading an army of 180,000 people to the front.
Go to Tuyuhun to resist Tibet.
After the news came, Li Jingxuan was shocked. Because he didn't understand military affairs at all, asking him to send troops to fight was simply asking him to die. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, he would inevitably return in defeat, and the responsibility for the defeat was enough.
He couldn't eat and walked around.
Therefore, Li Jingxuan immediately concluded: This must be a conspiracy. It was clearly to let him fight, but in fact it was to harm himself. As for the masterminds, there was no doubt that they were Liu Rengui and Empress Wu!
Although Li Jingxuan was Empress Wu's confidant on the surface, he had already secretly pledged allegiance to the crown prince Li Xian. Originally, Empress Wu's party members did not know this secret at all, but they did not expect that later Li Xian went to the public to hold a military examination, and Empress Wu actually appointed him after receiving the consent.
Li Jingxuan was in charge of the selection. Seeing that Xue Rengui and others had benefited greatly from it and recruited many talents in the military, Li Xian finally couldn't help but be jealous and asked Li Jingxuan to give him a few, but he didn't expect that
This exposed Li Jingxuan.
Empress Wu had long been dissatisfied with Li Jingxuan's frequent disobedience to her, and now she finally discovered that this old man had secretly defected to the prince, but on the surface he was a party member and took great advantage of himself.
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Is it easy to take advantage of Empress Wu? Therefore, after learning the news, she began to deliberately deal with Li Jingxuan. However, Li Jingxuan was a very upright person, so it was difficult to catch his mistakes for a while.
The conflict between Liu Rengui and Li Jingxuan has been going on for a long time. This is mainly because Li Jingxuan has been in charge of the civil service for many years, and many officials in the court came under his sect. At the same time, he also joined the family line with the Li family of Zhao County, a wealthy family at that time, and his three wives
They were all Shandong nobles, so they had great power in the court. Therefore, Liu Rengui wrote to Gaozong, hoping to transfer Li Jingxuan from the official department. It happened that this memorial was passed to Empress Wu. In order to win over Li Jingxuan, Empress Wu gave this memorial to
Looking at Li Jingxuan, who was still a member of the Communist Party at that time, Li Jingxuan targeted Liu Rengui everywhere from then on. In the first year of Yifeng, with the help of Empress Wu, Li Jingxuan succeeded Liu Rengui as the Secretary of the Central Committee, becoming the first among the prime ministers, while Liu Rengui
He was driven to Hexi to defend Tibet. After that, Liu Rengui proposed to the court many times to add troops to the garrison and asked for food and grass many times. However, he was rejected by Li Jingxuan every time. Now that the Tibetans were attacking, Liu Rengui wrote to Emperor Gaozong in order to retaliate against Li Jingxuan.
, if you want to guard against Tubo's attack, you have to Li Jingxuan.
Empress Wu originally wanted to find an excuse to deal with Li Jingxuan, but now she finally found an opportunity. Naturally, she did not hesitate to order Li Jingxuan to lead the army to the expedition.
"Damn it, Empress Wu and Liu Rengui are so deliberate in order to deal with me. They know that I don't understand military affairs, but they still want me to go on an expedition. This is not only to harm me, but also to ignore the national affairs. Isn't it chilling?"
Li Jingxuan sighed and decided to go to Gaozong to explain all this.
Li Jingxuan was lucky enough to catch up with Gaozong when his health improved slightly, so he was able to meet Gaozong smoothly.
"Your Majesty, the humble minister Li Jingxuan wishes to greet you."
"No need." Gao Zongxu raised his hand and said with a faint smile: "When Li Aiqing sees me, I'm afraid it's not just to say hello? I don't know what else is there?"
When Li Jingxuan heard this, he immediately bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Tibetan army invaded a few days ago. A minor minister was recommended by Prime Minister Liu and was appointed as the general manager of the Tao River Road, the ambassador of the town, and the governor of Shanzhou. However, the veteran minister is old.
, and not even moving into the army, for fear of missing important national events, I am sure that your majesty will take back his orders and punish Gao Ming separately. In this way, the humble officials will be very lucky, the country will be very lucky, and the world will be very lucky."
Unexpectedly, Emperor Gaozong sneered slightly after hearing this, and then shouted loudly: "Well, Li Jingxuan, now that foreign enemies are invading and the court is employing people, you don't say that you have no hesitation for the sake of the world, but you actually let me take back my life and condemn Gao Ming! Humph,
As the Prime Minister of the current dynasty, one person is inferior to ten thousand people. Is this how you repay the favor of your country? For the Tubo matter, even if Liu Aiqing needs me, I will go there in person without flinching, let alone you Li Jingxuan! This matter
No, you must go back quickly and prepare for the expedition, I am exhausted."
After finishing speaking, Gaozong ordered his servants to drive Li Jingxuan out of the harem.
Li Jingxuan had a sad face and sighed for a long time, but he had no choice but to walk out of the harem, but he was so lost all the way that he felt like he was in a dream.
"Oh, I didn't expect that I, Li Jingxuan, would be so unlucky. Before I could finish my words, I was scolded by His Majesty. Could it be that God wants to destroy me? With these two moves, I fought against the famous Tibetan general Gar Qinling, and with ten
Eighty thousand versus three hundred thousand, how can there be a chance of winning? I'm afraid that old man Liu Rengui and that vicious woman Empress Wu are looking at the joke of me being punished after my defeat. Could it be that I have become their laughing stock like this?"
Li Jingxuan sighed and was restless all the way, and almost bumped into someone.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Li Jingxuan apologized repeatedly, and after finishing speaking, he wanted to move forward again.
At this time, someone heard someone say: "It turns out to be Prime Minister Li! I wonder why Prime Minister Li is so restless today? Is it because of the war against Tibet?"
Li Jingxuan was startled when he heard the words, and looked along the voice, only to realize that the person opposite was actually Zhou Wang Li Xian. He immediately seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and said with tears: "Your Majesty, I don't understand military affairs, how can I deal with it?"
Fighting against the enemy? This is obviously being framed by traitors. That’s fine. The key point is that this will cause the innocent blood of more than 100,000 soldiers of our Tang Dynasty. I can’t bear it, so I also ask your Majesty to save those soldiers. Representative of Xianguan
Those officers and soldiers are deeply grateful for Your Majesty’s kindness. In addition, in the future, my subordinates will definitely wear grass rings to remember Your Majesty’s kindness.”
Li Xian nodded after hearing this, and then said: "This matter is not the place to talk. Prime Minister Li will go to the East Palace to discuss the matter with the prince. Xiao Wang will also arrive soon. I will do my best this time to help Prime Minister Li."
"Thank you so much, Your Majesty. Your kindness is like rebirth. I will definitely repay you in the future." Li Jingxuan suddenly seemed to have a backbone, and he bowed his hand to Li Xian, and then hurried to the East Palace.
After Li Jingxuan left, Li Xian stood there blankly and sighed deeply.
In fact, Li Xian didn't have a good impression of Li Jingxuan, because after his martial arts competition, both Gao Zong and Li Xian got to know him better. Although Li Jingxuan seemed to be very decent and quite talented, the talents he selected were all given their full potential, absolutely.
He was competent, but he was too greedy for power, and even fought for the power in his hands, declaring allegiance to the Queen while secretly seeking refuge with the Crown Prince. However, Li Xian knew that he was actually not sincere to anyone.
All I care about is the power in my hands. Although I just said it was for the sake of the soldiers on the front line, in fact I am afraid of taking the responsibility for defeat.
However, what Li Xian cares about most is what Li Jingxuan cares about least, which is the lives of those 180,000 soldiers. These are all people of the Tang Dynasty. They have withstood the test of long-term wars and are all iron-blooded men.
, if he was ruined by a leader who didn't know how to fight, it would be a great loss to the Tang Dynasty!
In order to achieve their own ulterior motives, Liu Rengui and Empress Wu could disregard the lives of these 180,000 soldiers, but Li Xian could not do this.
"These soldiers are working hard on the front line, but you put their lives at risk for a small conspiracy. Is it possible that 180,000 loyal and brave soldiers are not as good as that little struggle for power? You can just watch it.
Watching them die, but we can't do it! So, even if I risk offending my mother and even my father this time, I will do my best to stop this!" Li Xian clenched his fists tightly and said silently
.(To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!